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Identify the odd one out, that is the wrongly matched pair, from the…

Identify the odd one out, that is the wrongly matched pair, from the following New Year harvest festival and region pairs.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Ugadi in Kerala

Option (1) Pongal in Tamil Nadu — Incorrect. Pongal is the New Year festival of Tamil Nadu that celebrates the main harvest season. The pair is rightly matched.

Option (2) Bihu in Assam — Incorrect. Bihu is celebrated in Assam at the harvest and marks the start of a new farming season. The pair is rightly matched.

Option (3) Ugadi in Kerala — Correct. Ugadi is the New Year harvest festival of Karnataka, not Kerala. This wrong match makes it the odd one out.

Option (4) Baisakhi in Punjab — Incorrect. Baisakhi marks the harvest in Punjab and heralds a new agricultural season. The pair is rightly matched.

NCERT (2026-27): “Change and Development in Rural Society …
Many of our cultural practices and patterns can be traced to our agrarian backgrounds. You will recall from the earlier chapters how closely interrelated structural and cultural changes are. For example, most of the New Year festivals in different regions of India – such as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Bihu in Assam, Baisakhi in Punjab and Ugadi in Karnataka to name just a few – actually celebrate the main harvest season and herald the beginning of a new agricultural season. …”